Character Timeline

Every one of the 238 named cast members of Dungeon Crawler Carl, in the order the books introduce them, sorted into the 7 groups the dungeon actually sorts them into. The interactive version draws each character as a line running from their first appearance to their last logged beat, marks confirmed deaths, and lets you wind the spoiler horizon back to any book.

This is the flat version of that chart. Open any name for its full record.

The Royal Court of Princess Donut — 6

the party & its constant companions

• Carl — Book 1, ch 1 · Crawler #4,122 · protagonist · ex-Coast Guard
• Princess Donut — Book 1, ch 1 · Crawler #4,119 · show cat · co-star
• Mordecai — Book 1, ch 3 · Guide & manager · a new body every floor
• Mongo — Book 1, ch 46 · Donut's pet Mongoliensis · fan favorite
• Katia Grim — Book 2, ch 21 · Doppelganger · “Monster Truck Driver” · joins the party
• Samantha (Psamathe) — Book 4, ch 21 · Banished lesser deity · the party’s trainer “Samantha”

The Princess Posse — 16

Donut's Faction Wars army

• Chris Andrews 2 — Book 1, ch 22 · Brandon's brother · the quiet one
• Imani C — Book 1, ch 22 · Eldercare crawler · Crawler Killer ×12
• Elle McGibbons — Book 1, ch 31 · Eldercare resident
• Daniel Bautista 2 — Book 2, ch 23 · Tigran Swashbuckler · Level 18 · grieving brother
• Florin — Book 3, ch 3 · Crocodilian Shotgun Messenger · leaderboard #4
• Louis Santiago 2 — Book 4, ch 3 · Hump Town crawler · the van-driver with Cloud of Exhaust
• Britney — Book 5, ch 8 · Ukrainian Pit Champion · Louis & Firas’s teammate
• Rosetta Thagra — Book 6, ch 12 · Crest ex-crawler · host of Shadow Boxer
• Baroness Victory, Esq. — Book 6, ch 36 · Orc judge · the Princess Posse’s Faction-Wars adjutant
• Tran — Book 7, ch 4 · posse field commander · crab exo-suit
• Tipid — Book 7, ch 10 · crest poisoner · Cookbook author · Posse Colonel
• Penn — Book 7, ch 12 · mountainous Fortification Engineer sergeant
• Herman the Fleet — Book 7, ch 13 · third ogre brother · doomed flag-room clerk
• Bodi — Book 7, ch 15 · Land War veteran · Big Game Spear Hunter
• Colonel Boomer — Book 7, ch 22 · militant former crawler · 106th commander
• Sergeant Toyotomi — Book 7, ch 28 · broken sai guard · inherited merc

Crawlers — 35

contestants, rivals & the fallen

• Beatrice (Bea) — Book 1, ch 1 · Carl's ex · Donut's owner · catalyst
• Mrs. Parsons — Book 1, ch 1 · Neighbor · first casualty Carl witnesses
• Crawler Frank Q — Book 1, ch 13 · Hostile crawler · killer
• Crawler Rebecca W — Book 1, ch 13 · Murdered crawler · Level 3
• Lucia Mar — Book 1, ch 14 · Crawler · ~13 · with two rottweilers
• Crawler Maggie My — Book 1, ch 20 · Frank's partner · Crawler Killer ×5
• Brandon Andrews — Book 1, ch 21 · Eldercare crawler · the big hammer
• Agatha — Book 1, ch 22 · Homeless crawler · the accidental savior
• Yolanda Martinez 13 — Book 1, ch 22 · CNA crawler · archer
• Jack — Book 1, ch 37 · Eldercare resident · broke the bathroom rule
• Hekla — Book 1, ch 39 · Crawler · leader of Brynhild's Daughters
• Li Jun, Zhang & Li Na — Book 1, ch 42 · Warehouse crawlers · Death Watch guests
• Yvette — Book 1, ch 43 · Frank & Maggie's daughter · a tragedy
• Quan Ch — Book 2, ch 24 · Half-Elf Imperial Security Trooper · Level 31 · the flying-jacket crawler
• Ifechi — Book 3, ch 3 · Human Physicker · leaderboard #8
• Miriam Dom — Book 3, ch 3 · Human Shepherd · leaderboard #5
• Prepotente — Book 3, ch 3 · Caprid crawler · leaderboard #3
• Eva Sigrid — Book 3, ch 21 · Crawler #9,077,240 · Hekla’s enforcer · Half-Nagini / Half-Orc
• Crawler Coolie — Book 3, ch 32 · 19th-edition Cookbook annotator · martyr of Qurux
• Gwendolyn Duet ("Gwen") — Book 4, ch 2 · Crawler · Lv 27 Boring Ol’ Fighter · Land Quadrant
• Firas M. — Book 4, ch 3 · Hump Town crawler · Hammersmith · Louis’s best friend
• Bogdon Ro — Book 4, ch 4 · Human Legatus · leaderboard #8
• The Popov Brothers (Dmitri & Maxim) — Book 4, ch 4 · Nodling Illusionist & Bogatyr · leaderboard #5
• Vadim Zbar — Book 4, ch 25 · Lv 28 Kuhli Gut Rearranger · water-quadrant survivor
• Uzzi — Book 6 · Skyfowl warrior · Mordecai’s brother
• Anton Lopez — Book 6, ch 5 · Tattooed fugitive · the crossbow & a directional bomb
• Paz Lo — Book 6, ch 5 · Armored Santero · the Turtle tank
• Sister Ines Quiteria — Book 6, ch 5 · Cat-girl nun · Poet Laureate · the quiet leader
• Tserendolgor (“Ren”) — Book 6, ch 5 · Mongolian crawler · the dog-woman · dies on Floor 8
• Osvaldo — Book 6, ch 8 · Level 60 Curupira ranger · holds the memorial crystal
• Zeynep — Book 6, ch 32 · crawler · died on the surgical table
• Dong Quixote — Book 7, ch 63 · crawler lancer on a swamp yak
• Burcu — Book 7, ch 67 · badger-headed porsuk swashbuckler
• Selvi & Tuba — Book 7, ch 68 · conscripted crawlers freed by carl
• York — Book 7, ch 99 · hollow tenodera poet · OIPAN captain

Dungeon Denizens, Guides & NPCs — 92

inside the World Dungeon

• Tally — Book 1, ch 9 · Bopca Protector · Level 63 · caretaker
• Rory & Lorelai — Book 1, ch 16 · Goblin engineers · reluctant allies
• Mistress Tiatha — Book 1, ch 22 · The group's tutorial guide
• Sebastian — Book 1, ch 26 · Bopca Protector · Taco Bell safe room
• Damien — Book 1, ch 33 · Mysterious name · Mordecai recoils
• Tsarina Signet — Book 2, ch 6 · Half-Naiad/High-Elf Summoner · Level 60 Elite
• Grimaldi (The Vine) — Book 2, ch 8 · Circus ringleader · Signet’s love · became the vine
• Apollon the Mighty — Book 2, ch 10 · Elite strongman ogre · the iced-cream vendor
• Fitz — Book 2, ch 14 · Level 30 human · innkeeper of the Narwhal
• Clarabelle — Book 2, ch 15 · Crocodilian bouncer · Level 40
• Quint — Book 2, ch 15 · Half-Djinn pharmacist · Mordecai’s old friend
• GumGum — Book 2, ch 16 · Kindly orc · protected the fallen women
• Pustule — Book 2, ch 16 · Hobgoblin explosives dealer · Level 30 · unhinged but kind
• Vicente — Book 2, ch 16 · City Elf · Level 16 · “trained his whole life”
• Magistrate Featherfall — Book 2, ch 17 · Skyfowl magistrate · black cleric · undead-controller
• Miss Quill — Book 2, ch 18 · Skyfowl · Level 30 · magistrate's clerk
• Manasa — Book 2, ch 19 · Cobra-headed singer · Valtay treasure · killed
• Burgundy — Book 2, ch 22 · Krasue victim · reveals the plot
• Limp Richard — Book 3, ch 2 · Mole Man shopkeeper · Level 36 NPC
• Wendita — Book 3, ch 2 · Bopca proprietor · Nirula’s, Station 83
• Pierre the Porter — Book 3, ch 5 · Grapple · keeper of the suitcases
• Vernon — Book 3, ch 5 · Yellow Line conductor · dwarf · Level 32
• Chaco the Bard — Book 3, ch 7 · Pterolykos · Prize Carousel host · Level 66
• Bomo & The Sledge — Book 3, ch 8 · Cretin bodyguards · Level 35 · tuxedos
• Porthus — Book 3, ch 8 · High Elf Rogue · OIPAN’s backer · Cookbook author
• Astrid — Book 3, ch 9 · Bloodlust Sprite · Level 125 · club management
• Gore-Gore — Book 3, ch 11 · ManTauR engineer · neighborhood boss · Level 40
• Dismember the War Mage — Book 3, ch 12 · Silver-haired war mage · flays crawlers into Fleshers
• Levi the 7th — Book 3, ch 12 · Troll Flesher + Hobgoblin Skellie Symbiote · Level 7
• Fire Brandy — Book 3, ch 14 · Lesser Demon MILF · Level 75 · firewoman of the Nightmare Express
• Madison — Book 3, ch 17 · Iron Tangle HR Associate · Level 10 · non-combatant
• Widget — Book 3, ch 17 · Grease Gremlin · Level 19 · Iron Tangle train technician
• Growler Gary — Book 3, ch 26 · Level 25 Shade Gnoll bartender · the indestructible NPC
• Clay — Book 4, ch 1 · Hump Town gatekeeper · Lv 30 Dromedarian
• Skarn — Book 4, ch 2 · Changeling juvenile · Hump Town orphan
• Juice Box — Book 4, ch 5 · Lv 17 changeling · The Toe’s on-demand changeling prostitute
• Wynne — Book 4, ch 6 · Lv 50 Dirigible Gnome Flesh Mechanic · hostage
• Henrik — Book 4, ch 10 · Changeling Principal · Hump Town’s false leader
• Leon the Commissar — Book 4, ch 10 · Lv 44 Dirigible Gnome Negotiator
• Commandant Kane — Book 4, ch 12 · Lord of the Dreadnaught Wasteland
• Bonnie — Book 4, ch 15 · Commandant Kane’s daughter · juvenile Dirigible Gnome
• The Mad Dune Mage (Ghazi) — Book 4, ch 16 · Called the Glass Wizard · holds the Gate’s winding box
• Doctor Hu — Book 4, ch 99 · Architect of the Open Intellect Pacifist Network’s endgame
• Gravy Boat (“Ferdinand”) — Book 4, ch 99 · The neighbor’s cat · Donut’s spurned suitor
• Vrah — Book 5, ch 1 · The head-collecting mantis · a Hunt regular
• Quasar, the Null — Book 5, ch 3 · Carl’s gray-alien attorney
• Hunter Xindy — Book 5, ch 5 · Mantis Blood Tracker · Vrah’s little sister
• Areson the Wise — Book 5, ch 13 · Ogre strongman elite · Signet’s muscle
• Queen Imogen — Book 5, ch 14 · High Elf ruler · Signet’s half-sister
• Edgar the Shell Mage — Book 5, ch 15 · Signet’s talking tortoise · the party-hider
• Hurk — Book 5, ch 31 · Gleener set designer · CrawlCon fixture
• Circe Took — Book 5, ch 32 · Mantis hive queen · Vrah & Xindy’s mother
• Dr. Ratchet — Book 5, ch 32 · Automaton expert · gives Carl his minion key
• Edict — Book 5, ch 38 · Dark Hive merchant · the honorable suicide
• Nihit — Book 5, ch 41 · Conspiracy-theorist naga reporter
• Viscount Fog — Book 5, ch 46 · Vampire-hunter elite · star of “Blood Hunter”
• Cascadia — Book 5, ch 62 · Floor-8 announcer · openly contemptuous
• Harbinger — Book 6, ch 12 · Caprid liaison from the Plenty
• Pater Coal — Book 6, ch 18 · High Cleric of Emberus · Level 101 · the AI in disguise
• Epitome Tagg — Book 6, ch 21 · Dream-elf warlord of the Dream
• Rishi — Book 6, ch 21 · Naga envoy of the Blood Sultanate
• Damascus Steel — Book 6, ch 23 · Ifrit · assistant lead dancer & Guild gatekeeper
• Charles Ellis, the Bartender — Book 6, ch 32 · Samantha’s doomed “boyfriend”
• Carl’s Father — Book 6, ch 44 · The Iowa memory replay · the keyholder’s trap
• Asher — Book 6, ch 45 · Carl’s half-brother · the family he never knew
• Doctor Bones — Book 6, ch 52 · Level 90 Skin Skellie Bard · the club DJ
• Dante — Book 7, ch 4 · crocodilian Cookbook author · Justice Light’s brother
• Justice Light — Book 7, ch 4 · broken skyfowl shopkeeper · trap master
• War Leader Arief — Book 7, ch 7 · awakened Semeru dwarf commander
• Architect Houston — Book 7, ch 8 · Viceroy leader of the Madness
• Drick — Book 7, ch 9 · Valtay-worm adjutant of Team Retribution
• Hamed (the Night Wyrm) — Book 7, ch 10 · Guild of Suffering head · paranoid new Desperado manager
• Everly — Book 7, ch 15 · Sward Mantis Cookbook author · the Inevitable Ruin
• Commander Stockade — Book 7, ch 17 · Lemig warlord · undone by grief
• Holger — Book 7, ch 20 · were-castor guardian of the kids
• Milk — Book 7, ch 25 · indentured cartographer · cookbook author
• Lockjaw — Book 7, ch 27 · gnoll mercenary for the Madness
• Warlord Fang — Book 7, ch 31 · Reaver warlord of the Bloc
• Judge Deng Bao — Book 7, ch 33 · orc adjutant · impartial galactic judge
• Stablemaster Kibben — Book 7, ch 33 · former high-elf castle stablemaster
• Volteeg — Book 7, ch 34 · gargoyle Cookbook author · Weeper commander
• Princess Vinata — Book 7, ch 42 · the Sepsis Whore · six-armed white naga
• Mork — Book 7, ch 50 · lisping ram cleric of hellik
• Admiral Corinne Whimpleshin — Book 7, ch 53 · blood sultanate adjutant · camel
• Kandy “Bigs” Newton — Book 7, ch 54 · sluggalette with a head-hatchet
• Warlord Akuma — Book 7, ch 61 · level-100 war mage · rebellion leader
• Nami — Book 7, ch 62 · influencer piloting eris
• Fopsy — Book 7, ch 69 · tripod adjutant for the dream
• Diah — Book 7, ch 72 · child voice trapped inside lucia
• Paca — Book 7, ch 76 · merchant hiding the Feral Gods gate
• Tart — Book 7, ch 79 · antlered adjutant of the Reavers
• Princess Chandra — Book 7, ch 99 · Donut's attorney · Carl's new wife

Gods & Deities — 25

the Celestial Ascendency

• Grull (the War God) — Book 1, ch 25 · A “god” · worshipped by equine-class mobs
• Apito (The Oak Mother) — Book 2, ch 17 · Mother of all gods · elf goddess
• Taranis — Book 3, ch 33 · God of Thunder · regent of the Celestial Ascendency
• Emberus — Book 4, ch 28 · Blind feral fire god · hunting his lost dog
• Geyrun — Book 4, ch 29 · murdered god · son of Emberus
• Kuraokami — Book 4, ch 30 · ice goddess · the worked example
• Diwata — Book 5, ch 35 · Minor nature goddess · Carl’s new enemy
• Dodola & Adad (Storm Gods) — Book 6 · The summoned storm deities · one sponsored, one AI
• Ogun — Book 6, ch 5 · God of blacksmiths & protection
• Yemaya, the River Mother — Book 6, ch 15 · Orisha goddess · key to Katia’s escape
• Eileithyia — Book 6, ch 17 · Goddess of Childbirth · Level 250 · the benevolent schemer
• Nekhebit — Book 6, ch 36 · Egyptian vulture goddess · Odette’s Ascendency deity
• Wakinyan (Meleagris Gallopavo Rex) — Book 6, ch 42 · The Great Wild Turkey · a dead god of the Nothing
• Amayon — Book 6, ch 58 · Demon Prince of Sheol · possesses the boss snake
• Ysalte (the Vinegar Bitch) — Book 6, ch 62 · Ninth-floor goddess · the Downward Spiral
• Hapanzi — Book 7, ch 17 · Shi Maria’s god-husband
• Khepri — Book 7, ch 49 · beetle-headed god of light · level 250
• Adrasteia — Book 7, ch 53 · deity · Khepri’s patron · throne contender
• Hellik — Book 7, ch 54 · fire god · brother of emberus
• Kina — Book 7, ch 56 · horny sea-urchin goddess
• Harpocrates — Book 7, ch 59 · god of silence, hates noise
• The Feral God Meatus — Book 7, ch 59 · two-being god of song
• Eris — Book 7, ch 61 · goddess of chaos, hekla-voiced
• The Feral God Yarilo — Book 7, ch 63 · lust god seeking psamathe
• Wepwawet — Book 7, ch 75 · god in the Court of Nekhebit

Factions, Teams & Crews — 31

groups, armies & populations

• The Eldercare Residents — Book 1, ch 22 · ~33 helpless crawlers
• Le Mouvement — Book 1, ch 26 · African soldier faction · 150 guns, one survivor
• Brynhild's Daughters — Book 1, ch 39 · All-female warrior faction
• The Skull Clan — Book 1, ch 43 · Maestro's orc clan · Faction Wars power
• Over City NPCs — Book 2, ch 3 · Engineered, memory-wiped townsfolk
• The Naiad Confederacy — Book 2, ch 8 · The revolution that toppled the river crown
• City Elves & the 201st Security Group — Book 2, ch 17 · Conspiracy-nut elf doomsday cult
• Langley & the Six Archers — Book 4, ch 3 · A party of identical bow-only crawlers
• The Subterranean Crawlers (Low Thi’s Party) — Book 4, ch 6 · Five tomb-quadrant crawlers
• The Dreadnought Clan — Book 5, ch 1 · Faction-wars dropouts · horned red brutes
• The Hunters — Book 5, ch 1 · The sixth floor’s alien predators
• The Dream — Book 5, ch 15 · Galaxy-spanning pale-elf faction · a ninth-floor power
• The Plenty — Book 5, ch 31 · The goat-people who built the tunnels
• The Burrowers — Book 5, ch 32 · The mantis royal government
• The Dark Hive (Circe’s Mantises) — Book 5, ch 33 · Vrah’s clan · the apex hunters
• The Nebular Sin Patrol (the Nebs) — Book 5, ch 34 · Crusader-cult hunters in bishop hats
• The Crafter Alliance — Book 5, ch 53 · Drunken barbarian hunters
• Team Retribution — Book 7, ch 1 · The NPC defending team · headquartered in Larracos
• The Bloc — Book 7, ch 1 · The eight-team attacking alliance
• The Madness — Book 7, ch 1 · masked Viceroy faction
• The Prism — Book 7, ch 1 · faction-wars team · Empress D’Nadia
• The Semeru Dwarves — Book 7, ch 7 · devastated stewards of Larracos
• The Returned Crawlers — Book 7, ch 11 · ~50,000 ex-crawlers, back for the war
• The Bone Clan — Book 7, ch 14 · orc / skull empire team · spots 1–2
• The Democratic (Lemig) Sortion — Book 7, ch 16 · goblin faction · first team defeated
• Personal Guard — Book 7, ch 20 · warlord platoon · 15 elite guards
• The 106th Bloody Leeches — Book 7, ch 21 · posse battalion · warriors & thieves
• The Frothing Tunnel Moles — Book 7, ch 21 · posse SOF · diggers & sappers
• The Reavers — Book 7, ch 21 · faction-wars team · cyborgs & flying machines
• Basilica Guards — Book 7, ch 55 · untouchable ogre clerics of taranis
• The War Mage Rebellion — Book 7, ch 61 · rogue war-mage non-team entity

The Show, Sponsors & the Galaxy — 33

offworld

• The Borant Corporation — Book 1, ch 1 · Regent corp · the Kua-Tin owners
• The Syndicate — Book 1, ch 1 · Galactic authority · rule-makers
• The System AI — Book 1, ch 1 · The dungeon’s Syndicate AI · every System voice
• The Squim Conglomerate — Book 1, ch 14 · Rival showrunner
• Lexis — Book 1, ch 27 · Associate producer · After Hours
• Odette — Book 1, ch 27 · Talk-show host · After Hours
• The Titan Conglomerate — Book 1, ch 28 · Independent producer · After Hours
• The Bloom (The Party) — Book 1, ch 36 · Ultra-nationalist kua-tin party
• Zev — Book 1, ch 36 · Borant PR agent · kua-tin admin
• Administrator Mukta — Book 1, ch 41 · Borant admin · enforces appearances
• Mexx-55 — Book 1, ch 41 · Production camera-bot / projector
• The Maestro — Book 1, ch 42 · Orc talk-show host · “Death Watch”
• Crown Prince Stalwart — Book 1, ch 44 · The Maestro’s brother · Skull Empire warlord
• The Skull Empire — Book 1, ch 44 · Ancient orc government · the princes
• King Rust — Book 1, ch 99 · King of the Skull Empire · the princes’ father
• The Valtay Corporation — Book 1, ch 99 · Parasitic creditor government · runs next season
• Sensation Entertainment, Inc. — Book 2, ch 12 · Producer of “Vengeance of the Daughter”
• Princess D'Nadia — Book 2, ch 19 · Cephalopod royal · the Prism Kingdom
• Ripper Wonton — Book 2, ch 19 · Furry host of Danger Zone
• Tucker — Book 2, ch 19 · Smug pundit panelist · pro-Kua-tin
• Loita — Book 3, ch 25 · The new PR agent · Bloom hardliner
• The Open Intellect Pacifist Action Network — Book 4, ch 7 · Carl's second sponsor · anti-crawl NFC
• Veriluxx RealPet Companions — Book 4, ch 7 · Donut's sponsor · toy company
• Princess Formidable — Book 4, ch 14 · Skull Empire heir · the failsafe’s lone advocate
• Orren, the Syndicate Liaison — Book 4, ch 19 · Neutral fact-finder · a Valtay worm
• Kevin & Magnificent Troy — Book 4, ch 26 · The Survival Royale boss-battle commentary duo
• The Apothecary — Book 5, ch 16 · Carl & Donut’s third sponsor · the real Krakaren
• The Borant Emancipation Front — Book 5, ch 20 · Donut & Zev’s secret revolution
• Huanxin Jinx — Book 6 · Grixist heiress · Dodola’s sponsor
• The Nebulars — Book 6, ch 9 · Hat-wearing cult · Sister Ines’s sponsor & patron
• Long Haul Biological Waste Management Solutions — Book 6, ch 29 · Donut’s mortifying new sponsor
• Goff — Book 7 · Pacifist Residual · the voice inside Paulie
• Zander — Book 7, ch 99 · ruined Squirties refueler